Have you checked the Civil War Pension Records to see if Joshua was gone to war the reason the children were farmed out. Maybe he was killed in the war. Just a thought. ----- Original Message ----- From: <angelesoakes@hotmail.com> To: <INFLOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:40 PM Subject: [INFLOYD] I need some Ideas! > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/1931 > > Message Board Post: > > I live in Washington State and I am at a brick wall with great grandfather Joshua Jenkins and could use some good advice/help. :) > > Joshua was born in 1926 and married Rosalia Caye, (who was born in Louisville, Ky.) > > I can not find any information about either one after the 1860 census. I find his children are "farmed-out" in the 1870 census. > > Family rumours say that Rosalia died from child birth around 1866. I have located Rosalia's family members, most of them buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Kentucky. (but not her) > > I can not tie Joshua to any other Jenkins except his own children and am frustrated because I can not find anyone that has been willing to help me since I began posting back in January. > > Is there someone kind out there that could help me and my 84 year old grandmother? I have no clue what sort of resources are available to us? > > > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >